What are the key indicators that the Game of School is being played?
How does the GOS influence your own view of school and learning?
What role do you think the GOS play in efforts to improve schools?
*note: "it can happen to the best of people, in the best of schools. in a lot of schools, it happens to almost everybody almost all the time"
The Greatest Obstacle We Face is one of the most interesting bits of literature I have ever read. I truly enjoyed it because, as a student, I really got a fresh perspective. Of course I always knew the "game of school" exists, but I never have considered myself a constant player, more like an occasional hobbyist. Some students are frequently playing it, and even some teachers like to join in. It is stated in the text that "when the Game of School is played frequently enough, and with enough people, the game becomes school. The artificial and superficial replaces what's authentic and purposeful in a lesson or curriculum." At this point, the game of school is destructive to the education system because neither the students nor the teachers are taking school seriously enough. Only when real, passionate instructors and students exist can
*note: "it can happen to the best of people, in the best of schools. in a lot of schools, it happens to almost everybody almost all the time"
The Greatest Obstacle We Face is one of the most interesting bits of literature I have ever read. I truly enjoyed it because, as a student, I really got a fresh perspective. Of course I always knew the "game of school" exists, but I never have considered myself a constant player, more like an occasional hobbyist. Some students are frequently playing it, and even some teachers like to join in. It is stated in the text that "when the Game of School is played frequently enough, and with enough people, the game becomes school. The artificial and superficial replaces what's authentic and purposeful in a lesson or curriculum." At this point, the game of school is destructive to the education system because neither the students nor the teachers are taking school seriously enough. Only when real, passionate instructors and students exist can